Water tank

Hi,I need help here....looking for a 300 liter resorvoar or something to store water/nutemix in.

What do u guys use?

I have a 300 gallon vertical storage tank. They are about 400, ace roto mold makes em as well as others.

Make sure you can fit the tank you buy thru doors and vertically at final location, preferably on 16" of concrete blocks.

I just put a float on mine and it only stores ro h2o, I mix elsewhere.

2x 35gal roughneck storage containers is what I use. 20.00 at wally world.

Horse/cattle trough from Fleet Farm. I have a 100gal for each table. Made from poly and only cost $70 each.

And only the vertical takes up minimal floor space per capacity.

crappiebait said:

Horse/cattle trough from Fleet Farm. I have a 100gal for each table. Made from poly and only cost $70 each.

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OP....FYI These are strong, but take up a lot of floor space, and don't have a lid.

- Jiji

jijiandfarmgang said:

OP....FYI These are strong, but take up a lot of floor space, and don't have a lid.

- Jiji

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This is true. I did have to make my own lids and they do take up floor space. However, I needed these so I could set them up under my tables. Guess it depends on your set up and room you have as to what works for you.

Do a little shopping online and google plastic tanks. You will be a bit overwhelmed but will find what you want. I ended up finding the perfect tank for my setup here. http://www.plastic-mart.com/

Thanks for the answers

Im currently using a plastic garbage container with lid that can contain 120 liters of water.

And now I`ll go look for something "rust free" metal water container that can hold 300 liters and with tapping at the bottom

Rust free Metal = Stainless steel or possibly galvanized steel. I recently purchased a 55 gal stainless drum for work and it was over $1000! Stick with plastic.

Do we need to focus on food-grade plastics? I myself currently use a Rubbermaid Brute trash can with a float for just a RO water rez...

I like the idea of a heavy duty trash can for a water holding tank. I can grab one for about 50.00 from lowes. but is it food grade safe is the question.

I wouldn't sweat the "food grade" deal too much. Most available containers will be ok. Polyethylene, HDPE, FORTALLOY rubber-polyethylene blend, etc.....just make sure its BPA-Free. Also consider water weighs 8lb per gallon and will bulge out the sides of thin walled containers like my Beer Belly!

im pretty sure 99% of all rubber maid type storage containers as well as trash cans (commercial or residential) are not going to be bpa free. I have been using a rough neck type 35 gal storage container for my water tank for 4 years. never seen any adverse effects on my plants. going to score a 45 gal commercial trash can for my new water tank. since the new flower room and veg room upgrade, my space is extremely limited.

Beer Belly said:

Rust free Metal = Stainless steel or possibly galvanized steel. I recently purchased a 55 gal stainless drum for work and it was over $1000! Stick with plastic.

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Whoa! The DeLorean of drums!

I got my METAL, FOOD GRADE 55 gallon drums from Great Harvest Bread Co. They sweeten their breads with honey, so they buy it in ceramic lined drums from Madhava Honey, 640 lbs at a time. Once they've used the honey, they can't reuse the barrel so they GIVE THEM AWAY. I got four like this. They usually have 20lbs of crystallized honey in the bottom, too- so if they sealed the barrel before setting it outside (just screw the caps back on), ya got yourself a free bonus!

The rubbermaid storage totes are not foodsafe (not tested), and the brute trash cans (at least grey) are food safe.

- Jiji

I just checked out the brute commercial 35 (or was it 30 or 33 gal) garbage cans at lowes and home depot. imo, it will not hold up to the weight of 30 gallons of water and will "beer belly" out, like mentioned above. now you may be able to put a ratchet strap from the top 1/4 of the can to help support the weight of the water, but don't quote me on it.

off to menards to see if they have a rain barrel.



back when I was a chef for many many years (15 years ago mind you), we used the grey brute 35 gal trash cans to hold our lettuce (salad). so +2 on them being food safe.



craigslist has an abundance of food grade "rain barell" type of drums. most say they were used for food processing of banana peppers or pickling with vinegar. anyone know if a thorough bleach then hydrogen peroxide cleaning will remove the vinegar residual vinegar odor and be safe for water storage? I can find hundreds of these barrels for under 25.00 each.

DemonTrich said:

I just checked out the brute commercial 35 (or was it 30 or 33 gal) garbage cans at lowes and home depot. imo, it will not hold up to the weight of 30 gallons of water and will "beer belly" out, like mentioned above. now you may be able to put a ratchet strap from the top 1/4 of the can to help support the weight of the water, but don't quote me on it.

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Rubbermaid brutes are used commonly by growers and reefers, they don't belly out.

- Jiji

^ I just bought me 90 of them there Rubbermaid brutes...10 gallon ones.

If you need 70 gallons of storage..why not get two 55 gallon drums and hook them together with a 2-3" pipe and some uniseals? .